He has taken the same route to and from work for 20 years. But on a warm summer's day this year, a 62-year-old grandfather was subjected to the most appalling violence.
The man, a Sikh leader who Greater Manchester Police have not named, was in the centre of Manchester's Northern Quarter - the city's hip mix of independent bars, shops - and galleries, when he had a life-changing encounter.
It is believed as he walked he may have accidentally brushed the arm of a young woman. The result of that innocent contact would be catastrophic.
The woman's boyfriend, it is thought, took exception and began to follow him down the street. READ MORE: Man beaten unconscious by thug in Northern Quarter may have 'bumped into attacker's girlfriend' CCTV footage captures the men exchanging words on Hilton Street.
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